Fell a Victim

fell (adj.)

"cruel," late 13c., possibly late Old English, perhaps from Old French fel "cruel, fierce, vicious," from Medieval Latin fello "villain" (see felon). Phrase at one fell swoop is from "Macbeth." Related: Fellness.

fell (n.1)

"rocky hill," c. 1300, from Old Norse fiall "mountain," from Proto-Germanic *felzam- "rock" (source also of Old High German felisa, German Fels "stone, rock"), from PIE root *pel(i)s- "rock, cliff." Old High German felisa "a rock" is the source of French falaise (formerly falize) "cliff." Now mostly in place-names, such as Scafell Pike, highest mountain in England.

fell (v.2)

past tense of fall (v.), Old English feoll.

fell (n.2)

"skin or hide of an animal," Old English fel "skin, hide, garment of skin," from Proto-Germanic *fella- (source also of Old Frisian fel, Old Saxon fel, Dutch vel, Old High German fel, German fell, Old Norse fiall, Gothic fill "skin, hide"), from PIE *pel-no-, suffixed form of root *pel- (3) "skin, hide." 

Related: Fellmonger

At this stage, this one particular point is one that well bears reiteration and clarification :

Precisely, What is a Victim?

and 

What Qualities or Attributes are generally characteristic of Victimhood*?

* with particular preference for those which be detected from making  objective observations of their presence or occurrence in any given case being evaluated. 

"...So, this is what He [Satan] essentially said [during an exorcism] :-

He said, 'We Do Not Have The Right to afflict people, or cause problems in these areas of their lives, by shutting off their finances or destroying their relationships, here -

Christ gives Us permission to do it, but We don't have any Rights -

We Do it, Hoping the Person Will

PLAY THE VICTIM

When it Happens -

What's That Mean...?

It means, that when something really  BAD  happens in their lives, they will just go

"Look what's happening to me, there's nothing I can do about this,

it keeps recurring,

everything I do, nothing's working.."

so they just give it over [to The Demons] , so They can just maraude the person's life.

THAT'S THEIR GOAL

or at least,

BE UNIMPEDED

He said,

'What you have to do is, 

since We have no  Rights,

BUT YOU DO

by The Natural Law,

The Natural Law, according to Leo XIII, states,

(That We Know by Reason)

That :

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER OUR PROPERTY

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER OUR GOOD REPUTATION

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER THE PRODUCT OF OUR WORK

And so, what He [Satan] was saying was,

'You Have Rights Over These Things 

You Need to Reassert Your Rights

and 

Kick Us Out!'

and that's what We started doing."

Fr. Chad Ripperger

Exorcist and Spiritual Warrior.

The Secondary Fathers : Leo McGarry

"...So, this is what He [Satan] essentially said [during an exorcism] :-

He said, 'We Do Not Have The Right to afflict people, or cause problems in these areas of their lives, by shutting off their finances or destroying their relationships, here -

Christ gives Us permission to do it, but We don't have any Rights -

We Do it, Hoping the Person Will

PLAY THE VICTIM

When it Happens -

What's That Mean...?It means, that when something really  BAD  happens in their lives, they will just go

"Look what's happening to me, there's nothing I can do about this,

it keeps recurring,

everything I do, nothing's working.."

so they just give it over [to The Demons] , so They can just maraude the person's life.

THAT'S THEIR GOAL

or at least,

BE UNIMPEDED

He said,

'What you have to do is, 

since We have no  Rights,

BUT YOU DO

by The Natural Law,

The Natural Law, according to Leo XIII, states,

(That We Know by Reason)
That :

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER OUR PROPERTY

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER OUR GOOD REPUTATION

WE HAVE RIGHTS OVER THE PRODUCT OF OUR WORK

And so, what He [Satan] was saying was,

'You Have Rights Over These Things

You Need to Reassert Your Rights

and
Kick Us Out!'

and that's what We started doing."

Fr. Chad Ripperger

Exorcist and Spiritual Warrior.

  

Textbook Joseph Campbell.

The way Campbell explained it, 

Young Men need a Secondary Father to finish raising them.

Beyond their Biological Father, they need a surrogate, traditionally aminister or a coach or a military officer.

The floatsam and jetsam of a generation washed up on the beach of last resort.

That's why street gangs are so appealing. 

They send you men out, likeKnights on Quests to hone their skills and improve themselves.

And all the TRADITIONAL Mentors -- forget it.

Men are presumptive predators. They're leaving Teaching in droves.

Religious Leaders are pariahs.

Sports Coaches are stigmatized as odds-on pedophiles.

Even The Military is sketchy with sexual goings-on.

A Generation of Apprentices 

Without Masters.

Bartlet heads to the door. He stops as he remembers something.
BARTLETOh, Roger, if anything happened, you know what to do, right?

TRIBBYI honestly hadn't thought about it sir.

BARTLET
First thing always is national security. 

Get your commanders together. 

Appoint joint chiefs. 

Appoint chairman. 

Take them to Defcon 4. 

Have the governor send emergency delegates to Washington. 

The assistant attorney general is gonna be the acting A.G 

If he tells you he wants to bring out the National Guard, do what he tells you.

LEO'S OFFICE.  

As Bartlet tells Tribby the procedure, we see Leo walk into his office to get his coat. 

The door to the Oval Office is open so he can hear the President and Tribby, but couldn't see them.
BARTLET
You have a best friend?

ROGER
Yes, sir.

BARTLET
Is he smarter than you?

ROGER
Yes, sir.

BARTLET
Would you trust him with your life?

ROGER
Yes, sir.

BARTLET
That's your chief of staff.
Leo, obvioiusly touched, stops for a minute and walks away.

Back in THE OVAL OFFICE, Charlie walks in. Bartlet continues to speak.
BARTLETOh, in the residence, in the second floor, the bathroom at the end of the hall.
You have to jiggle the handle a little.

CHARLIEMr. President?

BARTLETI got to go. 

[beat] 

You'll do fine. 

People have phenomenal capacity.

ROGERYes, sir.

Bartlet holds his book and puts his fist against his chest close to the heart. 

Tribby stands watch as the President and Charlie leave. 

After they've gone, Tribby is standing in front of the Presidential seal and looks around the Oval Office in awe.

DISSOLVE TO: END TITLES.
FADE TO BLACK.
THE END
* * *

The Mark of KanYe

Textbook Joseph Campbell.

The way Campbell explained it, 

Young Men need a Secondary Father to finish raising them.

Beyond their Biological Father, they need a surrogate, traditionally a

minister

or a

coach

or a 

military officer.

The floatsam and jetsam of a generation washed up on the beach of last resort.

That's why street gangs are so appealing. 

They send you men out, like 

Knights on Quests 

 to hone their skills and improve themselves.

And all the TRADITIONAL Mentors -- forget it.

Men are presumptive predators. 

They're leaving Teaching in droves.

Religious Leaders are pariahs.

Sports Coaches are stigmatized as odds-on pedophiles. 

Even The Military is sketchy with sexual goings-on.

A Generation of Apprentices 

Without Masters.

KanYe West speaks Perfect English.

Barak Obama speaks Perfect English.

Tupac Shukkur was an Eloquent Muthaf**ka.

This Horse Cannot Be Ridden.

The Boy Cannot Be Trained.

He is Too Old —

and he's GodDamned Fool.

Involvement

 

"...that idea of The Far-Off Man, way, way out there, but 

What does The Hermit tell us...?

Romana has broken The Cardinal Rule of Gallifrey. 

She has become involved, 
and in a pretty permanent sort of way. 


The lonelier you are, the more you're joined together with everything else. "

(They sit on a small stone bench.)
DOCTOR: 

Have you seen the state of the time column recently? 

Wheezing like a grampus.

ADRIC: 

But it will get us to Gallifrey, won't it? 

DOCTOR: 
Gallifrey? Oh yes, yes. 

Are you really set on going to Gallifrey? 

ADRIC: 

Yes. 

DOCTOR: 
Oh. 

ADRIC: 
That is where we're going, isn't it? 

DOCTOR: 

That's one of the questions I was just pondering. 

There's bound to be an awful lot of fuss about Romana. 

Why she stayed in E-space, official investigations, that sort of thing. 

ADRIC: 

The Time Lords won't approve? 

DOCTOR:

What? She has broken The Cardinal Rule of Gallifrey. 

She has become involved, 
and in a pretty permanent sort of way. 

I think that you and I should let a few oceans flow under a few bridges before we head back home.

 
"...that idea of The Far-Off Man, way, way out there,  but 

What does The Hermit tell us...?
 
If you try this get as lonely as you can get, 
you become visibly aware which you can't get away from it, 
because when you get very lonely very fast you become extremely thin 
and 
everything that goes on is or now ordinarily unnoticed cum spiritum 
 

First of all, you will find that there is a  Community of Insects.
And they are tremendously interested in You, and not necessarily hostile, in maybe some cases they are so.

But alone in The Forest, when you get really quiet, you'll notice little creatures will come and inspect you look you all over an
they'll go away and tell their friends and they'll come and look to see what it is and you become aware of every single sound and you realize that alone you're in the midst of a vast burning crowd 

- it may not be human but it's everything else - 

so that the the point of being, The Discipline leads you to understand that   

You can't Resign

The lonelier you are, the more you're joined together with everything else. "

" Look at it - from another point of view, supposing I say everybody's playing the game Me First  - now, I'm going to play the game You First, to use the phrase of Bonhoeffer who called Jesus The Man for Others - now, let's see if we could play that game instead of 

Me First, 

You First 

Or,

"I'm the one see who's so generous I'm the one who's so loving so self-effacing and all you insolent brats ...."  

- Alan Watts

The Secondary Fathers : The Batman

“Son, you are in for a Show tonight..!!!”

Textbook Joseph Campbell.

The way Campbell explained it, 

Young Men need a Secondary Father to finish raising them.

Beyond their Biological Father, they need a surrogate, traditionally aminister or a coach or a military officer.

The floatsam and jetsam of a generation washed up on the beach of last resort.

That's why street gangs are so appealing. 

They send you men out, likeKnights on Quests to hone their skills and improve themselves.

And all the TRADITIONAL Mentors -- forget it.

Men are presumptive predators. They're leaving Teaching in droves.

Religious Leaders are pariahs.

Sports Coaches are stigmatized as odds-on pedophiles.

Even The Military is sketchy with sexual goings-on.

A Generation of Apprentices 

Without Masters.

The Secondary Fathers : Josiah Bartlett

What was Josh Lyman? 

A warning shot? 

That was My Son.

What did I ever do to yours but praise His glory and praise His name? 

There's a Tropical Storm that's gaining speed and power.

T.V. REPORTER

With 17% of the precincts reporting, we are now ready to call the Illinois primary for former New Hampshire Governor Jed Bartlet.

Everyone cheers, cheers, cheers all around, and hugs as "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang plays.

JOSH 

[pointing at Sam] Yes!

Leo enters and gives Josh a big hug.

LEO

Hey, hey, hey! Way to go! Now, let's get to California.

Leo runs away to party.

JOSH

Leo, we've got to replace this music, we've got to replace it with some Doobie Brothers!

Donna walks up to Josh apprehensively as the others party round.

DONNA

Josh?

JOSH

And Donna, you've got to get happy, Donna, you just won the Illinois Primary, come dance with me!

DONNA

No, Josh. No, Josh... your father died. 

Josh stares at her, stunned. 

FADE TO: INT. CHICAGO AIRPORT - NIGHT

In a T.V. screen at the airplane gate, we see a reporter.

REPORTER

...very happy Bartlet Supporters. We are told the candidate is in the suite, refining his remarks, he's due to be down here at any moment. Just over an hour ago...

The camera pulls down to the coolest blocking on television. Two men walk under the TV, one right past an oblivious Josh. The first man says something into his sleeve, and stops to stand about three feet away from Josh, near the counter. The second man, earpiece visible, walks past Josh on the other side of his seat, and stops to stand near the windows. Josh doesn't quite realize what's going on until a third man slides into view  in the front left of the screen. All of a sudden, Bartlet appears, walking out of the  right side of screen, directly behind Josh. 

[Do yourself a favor -- if you've got it on tape, watch it a couple of more times. It's the coolest thing ever.]

BARTLET

Josh?

JOSH

[jumping up] Governor!

BARTLET

Your father died, Josh. I can't believe it.

JOSH

Yeah, uh, Governor, you -- you shouldn't be here.

BARTLET

What happened? 

Bartlet sits down. Josh also awkwardly sits.

JOSH 

He, uh, went for his chemotherapy and he unexpectedly developed a pulmonary embolism, 

it's a --

BARTLET

It's a blood clot.

JOSH

Yeah. It went to his heart and there was cardiac arrest.

BARTLET

Yeah... Yeah.

JOSH

Governor, you should really get back to the ballroom, so that you can get on a plane and 

get to California. 

BARTLET

He was a lawyer?

JOSH

Yeah, a litigator.

BARTLET

Did he like that you were in politics?

JOSH

I think he would have liked grandchildren more.

BARTLET

[chuckling] He would've.

JOSH

He liked that I was working for you. He liked that we were starting to do well. 

He would've liked tonight. At least his friends and neighbors will be spared all the...  you know...  

BARTLET

He'd have been doing some bragging?

JOSH

Yeah, and your name wouldn't have come up, by the way. "My son won the Illinois primary 

tonight". Three more hours, and he would have been able to say that. He'd have been proud.

BARTLET

He was already. Trust me, Josh, I'm a father. He was already.

JOSH

I appreciate that, Governor. You should really get back to the hotel.

BARTLET

Nah, I'm okay.

JOSH

Sir, not that I don't appreciate you coming down here, but there's a ballroom full of 

people waiting for a victory speech.

BARTLET

They'll wait.

JOSH

Yeah, they will, but the people watching television won't.

BARTLET

I've been a real jackass to you, Josh.

JOSH

Well.

BARTLET

To everybody. Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg, Sam Seaborn.

JOSH

Yeah.

BARTLET

Don't think I don't know what you gave up to work on this campaign, and don't think that 

I don't know your value. And I'll never make you think I don't again. You got to be a 

little impressed that I got all those names right just now. 

Josh chuckles.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT [VO]

Delta Airlines Flight 175 to Kennedy International now boarding...

JOSH

They're calling my flight. 

He gets up, and so does Bartlet.

BARTLET

You want me to go with you? 

JOSH 

[stops] Go with me?

BARTLET

Maybe you want some company on the plane. 

He starts to feel all his pockets for his wallet.

BARTLET

I could get a ticket and come with you.

JOSH

Governor! California. You have to go the ballroom and give a Victory speech in primetime 

and go to California.

BARTLET

I guess you're right.

JOSH 

[laughing] You guess I'm right? Listen to me, Governor, if you don't lose this election, 

it isn't going to be because you didn't try hard enough. But it was nice of you to ask. 

Thank you, I appreciate.

BARTLET

They're calling your flight. 

Josh turns to board the plane, taking one last look at Bartlet, who nods encouragingly to 

him. Josh boards the plane. Leo walks up behind Bartlet.

LEO

Is he going to be all right?

BARTLET

He's going to be fine.

LEO

Good.

Bartlet turns around to face Leo.

BARTLET

Leo?

LEO

Yeah?

BARTLET

I'm ready.

Leo grins in understanding, and then joins Bartlet as they walk out of the terminal, 

several people recognizing Bartlet and stopping to shake his hand, all the while we hear 

Bartlet giving his speech.

BARTLET [VO]

Tonight, what began on the commons in Concord, Massachusetts, as an alliance of farmers 

and workers, of cobbles man and tinsmiths, of statesmen and students, of mothers and 

wives, of men and boys, lives two centuries later as America! My name is Josiah Bartlet, 

and I accept your nomination for the Presidency of the United States!

The speech ends, we hear cheers and applause, but we--

FADE TO WHITE.

DR. HOLBROOK [VO]

Josh? Josh, wake up, it's okay. 

FADE TO: INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - PRESENT

The camera is closed in on Josh, lying on his hospital bed, with his eyes closed.

DR. HOLBROOK [OS]

I want you to wake up.

Josh opens his eyes slowly and looks around, muttering something as the camera pulls back 

from his face. He is surrounded by Leo, the doctors, and Bartlet, who leans in.

BARTLET

I couldn't hear you, Josh.

Bartlet leans in closer, and then pulls back.

LEO

What did he say?

BARTLET

He said, "What's next?"

Bartlet lays his hand on Josh's head as we --

DISSOLVE TO: END TITLES.

FADE TO BLACK.

THE END

Textbook Joseph Campbell.

The way Campbell explained it, 

Young Men need a Secondary Father to finish raising them.

Beyond their Biological Father, they need a surrogate, traditionally aminister or a coach or a military officer.

The floatsam and jetsam of a generation washed up on the beach of last resort.

That's why street gangs are so appealing. 

They send you men out, likeKnights on Quests to hone their skills and improve themselves.

And all the TRADITIONAL Mentors -- forget it.

Men are presumptive predators. They're leaving Teaching in droves.

Religious Leaders are pariahs.

Sports Coaches are stigmatized as odds-on pedophiles.

Even The Military is sketchy with sexual goings-on.

A Generation of Apprentices 

Without Masters.

The Secondary Fathers — Julius Caeser

Textbook Joseph Campbell.

The way Campbell explained it, 

Young Men need a Secondary Father to finish raising them.

Beyond their Biological Father, they need a surrogate, traditionally a 
minister 
or a 
coach 
or a 
military officer.

The floatsam and jetsam of a generation washed up on the beach of last resort.

That's why street gangs are so appealing. 

They send you men out, like 
Knights on Quests 
 to hone their skills and improve themselves.

And all the TRADITIONAL Mentors -- forget it.

Men are presumptive predators. 

They're leaving Teaching in 
droves.

Religious Leaders are  
pariahs.

Sports Coaches are stigmatized as 
odds-on pedophiles.

Even The Military is sketchy with 
sexual goings-on.

A Generation of Apprentices 

Without Masters.